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حاجز الحرم
Checkpoint
connecting
the
Old
City
with
the
Tomb
of
the
Patri
-
archs.
It
is
located
next
to
the
entrance
to
the
mosque.
It
is
one
of
two
checkpoints
Muslim
worshipers
have
to
get
through
to
enter
the
mosque.
Com
-
posed
of
a
control
cabin,
metal
detector,
two
passages
–
one
to
get
in
and
one
to
get
out
of
H2
area
and
border
police.
Closed
on
Israeli
holidays.
Open
from
early
morning
till
9
p.m.
After
that
hour,
leaving
the
area
is
possible
only
through
nearby
The
Soup
Kitchen
checkpoint
(Hajez
Shorabah).
To
enter
the
H2
after
9
p.m.
residents
have
to
sneak
through
nearby
roofs.
The
significance
of
this
point
for
the
Israeli
army
is
that
the
thorough
control
of
all
the
people
entering
the
mosque
is
possible.
Hindered
access
to
the
building
can
limit
the
number
of
worshipers
visiting
the
mosque,
and
lead
to
the
gradu
-
al
abandonment
of
the
place,
giving
Israelis
the
possibility
to
gain
control
over
the
whole
complex
of
The
Tomb
of
the
Patriarchs.
HAJEZ AL-HARAM
Ibrahimi Mosque checkpoint
10
AL-SHUHADA STREET
Al-Shuhada
street